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the first, first act, first bill signed into law by the new president, obama, was the lily ledbetter fair pay act under title vii. the last paycheck issued to a victim of discrimination begins the running of the statute of limitations. and the lily ledbetter experience shows that if congress is persistent in correcting the supreme court when it misinterprets its congressional intent, there is yet hope. as you probably know, ms. led better's name and face came up more than a few times in the most recent presidential election. the intrigue of the case is very well described in a recent book by jerry too by -- jeffrey too toobin "the oath." it's a must-read look for those of you interested in this area of the law. notwithstanding ledbetter, the national enforcement of the laws seeking to level the playing field is not very encouraging today. federal trial courts are generally hostile to the title vii plaintiff. she has a host of hurdles which she must survive. first, the court has reversed to basically the old common law pleadings, something which i thought had been largely abandoned by
the first, first act, first bill signed into law by the new president, obama, was the lily ledbetter fair pay act under title vii. the last paycheck issued to a victim of discrimination begins the running of the statute of limitations. and the lily ledbetter experience shows that if congress is persistent in correcting the supreme court when it misinterprets its congressional intent, there is yet hope. as you probably know, ms. led better's name and face came up more than a few times in the...
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. >>> president obama enjoys shaved ice. joe biden puts his foot in his mouth yet again. and the shark are circling. "early today" starts right now. snps this is "early today" january 4th, 2013. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. the december jobs report will be released today isn't spite of the challenges of the fiscal cliff and hurricane sandy, economists are predicting $150,000 new jobs. nbc's tracie potts is in washington with more on this. >> reporter: mara, good morning. we don't know for a few hours but economists are encouraged that at things will remain steady this month. that's because of the fact that december is always a little bit off because it includes all of the holiday hiring and not all of those jobs are permit. adt does a private report and says 200,000 workers in november, that's up in december. the four-week average is steady, though. again, there were aberrations there as a result of the holidays. economists say, despite the holiday possibly throwing a wrench into this and superstorm sandy. remember, that had an impact on the november report as
. >>> president obama enjoys shaved ice. joe biden puts his foot in his mouth yet again. and the shark are circling. "early today" starts right now. snps this is "early today" january 4th, 2013. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. the december jobs report will be released today isn't spite of the challenges of the fiscal cliff and hurricane sandy, economists are predicting $150,000 new jobs. nbc's tracie potts is in washington with more on this....
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foreign policy in president obama's second term. >> tomorrow, a discussion at that defense spending in u.s. national security with a keynote speech by the pentagon comptroller. the brookings institution host the event on c-span 2. >> what i like about c-span's coverage is they are very thorough. a steady program i want to watch is available. what i enjoy mostly is coverage that you have on the floor, the debates on the floor, as well as the hearings that you cover, the subcommittees and major committee hearings. >> she watches c-span on comcast. c-span -- created by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> now, a look at the history and future of "the new york times." daniel schwartz discusses his latest book, covering the decade from 199 to 2009. this is just over an hour. >> welcome, everyone. thank you so much for being here. it is my honor to serve as a deputy director of the museum of the city of new york. and my greater honor to welcome you here this evening and to thank our speaker, david schwarz, for being here as wel
foreign policy in president obama's second term. >> tomorrow, a discussion at that defense spending in u.s. national security with a keynote speech by the pentagon comptroller. the brookings institution host the event on c-span 2. >> what i like about c-span's coverage is they are very thorough. a steady program i want to watch is available. what i enjoy mostly is coverage that you have on the floor, the debates on the floor, as well as the hearings that you cover, the subcommittees...
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what is going to come out of obama care. what are they going to believe when they go to doctor's offices. there are all sorts of things coming. and we will. i think people will say we need to deserve better we need to do better. >> at the end of the next four years at a minimum social security shave a path with bankruptcy and minimum of $20 trillion in debt. we have had tough times before we have been through a depression a civil war two world wars a war on terrorism more recently but seems to me when every child is born owes the minute they take their breath 203,000 dollars that's a difficult mathematical equation for me to over come. >> what is your suggestion? throw in the towel. >> what i am saying is i want -- i don't want pail pass tells i want bold color differences. i have not seen enough bold colored differences. i don't want republicans to be the party light. it has a little weakness there, bill. you and i agree on almost everything. talking about a good bench. they are now on the field. we have the first team on t
what is going to come out of obama care. what are they going to believe when they go to doctor's offices. there are all sorts of things coming. and we will. i think people will say we need to deserve better we need to do better. >> at the end of the next four years at a minimum social security shave a path with bankruptcy and minimum of $20 trillion in debt. we have had tough times before we have been through a depression a civil war two world wars a war on terrorism more recently but...
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would literally sit in counters to challenge segregation to slow down business as usual when barack obama gets on the television and begs his followers and when politicians implore their followers to get on the switchboard to shut him down to send a message to support a position it's considered free speech the da says essentially nothing different than what obama is doing what politicians are doing and what corporations are doing to lobbying firms all right one could say that there are kind of some notable differences for example if you're picketing more traditionally the more traditional way of protesting is you're kind of a group of people gather outside they chant they hold signs a lot of times that can be very inconvenient for the company but it doesn't necessarily shut them down at least for the most part we haven't come across for example the case that i'm dealing with northern california right now which is sort of the penultimate quote unquote. doesn't involve a dent in the theft or theft of services or stealing or anything criminal like that it's a straight slowdown didas attack i
would literally sit in counters to challenge segregation to slow down business as usual when barack obama gets on the television and begs his followers and when politicians implore their followers to get on the switchboard to shut him down to send a message to support a position it's considered free speech the da says essentially nothing different than what obama is doing what politicians are doing and what corporations are doing to lobbying firms all right one could say that there are kind of...
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and taking to the streets to hold president obama accountable protesters march here in d.c. trying to push the president into posing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants that they claim are on trial we'll take you to the discussion . and farmers versus monsanto a group of farmers are trying to reinstate a class action lawsuit against the biotech giant what they're fighting about and why the issue may affect what's on your dinner table coming up. it's friday january eleventh four pm in washington d.c. . and you're watching r.t. right well it's the moment we've all been waiting for for over a decade just hours ago president obama met with his afghan counterpart to discuss a twenty fourteen drawdown of american troops now in front of the camera both president obama and president karzai have presented a united front and say that they agree on the future goals for afghanistan here's one of the more surprising moments that came out of today's speech started. training. assistance afghan forces. it will be a stork moment and another step toward f
and taking to the streets to hold president obama accountable protesters march here in d.c. trying to push the president into posing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants that they claim are on trial we'll take you to the discussion . and farmers versus monsanto a group of farmers are trying to reinstate a class action lawsuit against the biotech giant what they're fighting about and why the issue may affect what's on your dinner table coming up. it's friday...
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i think for obama there were also three challenges. one sort of parallel to romneyrallying his base, he had to rally his liberal base as well. there were concerns that liberals had been a little disenchanted or let down by the progress or lack of progress that they thought had been made over his first term and whether the liberal sort of bloc would really get enthusiastic and back him strongly was a question. he had to mobilize some key groups that helped him in 2008 but are not necessarily traditionally strong turnout segments, particularly younger voters and minority voters. and i think most people thought, and we certainly thought, that getting that level of engagement if not equal to '08, at least more than maybe the historical norm would be critical to him. and a third one, obviously, is the economy. you know, an incumbent is going to be, to some extent, held accountable for economic circumstances. he was facing, obviously, continued 8% plus unemployment levels nationwide and a lot of public discouragement about the direction in i
i think for obama there were also three challenges. one sort of parallel to romneyrallying his base, he had to rally his liberal base as well. there were concerns that liberals had been a little disenchanted or let down by the progress or lack of progress that they thought had been made over his first term and whether the liberal sort of bloc would really get enthusiastic and back him strongly was a question. he had to mobilize some key groups that helped him in 2008 but are not necessarily...
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and i was commanding a mission for president obama as commander in chief, and my mission was to make that effort in afghanistan succeed. it was also implied in that mission in my view not to create controversies that made the president's job harder. and so whether or not i thought that that article was a fair and accurate depiction or not i'm responsible. i accepted responsibility because that's what commands do and that's what i was raised to do. i had no recitation to do that. >> rose: but there's this. i talked to fortunater secretary of defense robert gates about this. he says to me that i wanted stan to stay. he didn't give me anything to keep him there which means i think you just fell on your sword. >> charlie i accepted responsibility. all of this happened in about a 24 hour period. there really wasn't time even for me to do the kind of investigation on the things there that i thought were probably warranted. i thought it was most important that i stand up and take responsibility. if the truth gets sorted out later that's good. but the mission is more important. >> rose: some
and i was commanding a mission for president obama as commander in chief, and my mission was to make that effort in afghanistan succeed. it was also implied in that mission in my view not to create controversies that made the president's job harder. and so whether or not i thought that that article was a fair and accurate depiction or not i'm responsible. i accepted responsibility because that's what commands do and that's what i was raised to do. i had no recitation to do that. >> rose:...
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and president obama's second term. high-level vacancies that need to be filled soon, including the secretary of state post. secretary of defense, secretary of treasury, permanent cia director, all need to be filled. chuck hagel is still a contender for defense, despite criticism from pro israel groups and gay groups over past comments. president obama said as much on "meet the press." this from max cleland. i understand his nomination is back on the table and i believe very strongly he should be defense secretary. >>> also, treasury secretary tim geithner planning to leave later this month, sometime around the inauguration. >>> seven minutes past the hour. with heavy little hearts and under very heavy guard, classes have resumed for students at sandy hook elementary school. hit the books for the first time since the massacre three times. they were held in a school in nearby connecticut made to look like their old school. students were anxious to resume study. >> we took the bus. had the normal routine, getting them bre
and president obama's second term. high-level vacancies that need to be filled soon, including the secretary of state post. secretary of defense, secretary of treasury, permanent cia director, all need to be filled. chuck hagel is still a contender for defense, despite criticism from pro israel groups and gay groups over past comments. president obama said as much on "meet the press." this from max cleland. i understand his nomination is back on the table and i believe very strongly...
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obama, president obama, strangely reluctant to take the lead this week. he left it to vice president biden. >> well, again, i would take a rather more optimistic view about the politics, as well. we can all agree that it's a very messy process, politics all over the world in europe and in washington lionel and i both worked for the fd in washington, so, we understand that process reasonably well. i actually think that the next two months are more encouraged about the out look for the next two months for what happened in the last few weeks in washington precisely because in a sense they've gone through a cathartic experience. this was very, very ugly and very, very difficult, i think especially for the republican party. so, i think that this potentially sets a precedent whereby you can see majorities certainly in the senate and possibly in the house being formed from the democrats plus a significant number of moderate republicans, which would be capable of coming up with compromises, especially because as i think we've both agreed, it's not about taking re
obama, president obama, strangely reluctant to take the lead this week. he left it to vice president biden. >> well, again, i would take a rather more optimistic view about the politics, as well. we can all agree that it's a very messy process, politics all over the world in europe and in washington lionel and i both worked for the fd in washington, so, we understand that process reasonably well. i actually think that the next two months are more encouraged about the out look for the next...
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and in effect it creates an official secrets act which we don't have in this country so even though obama was elected as the change president and on a platform of openness and transparency he actually has expanded the bush secrecy regime that had been put in place over the preceding eight years and this is a trend that will just continue to exacerbate over the next four years i do not see it getting any better i mean right now ironically brennan john brennan. who is the drone daddy and who have lived approved a lot of the torture techniques on which john kiriakou blew the whistle john brennan is now nominated to head the cia so to me that clear cut find of what will get you promoted and then stay within the cia and what will get you thrown in jail just talk about it's just that i mean what does that say about a society about a country that we award applaud people who are committing these horrific acts i mean overseeing the assassination program completely without due process drone wars i mean we're putting them at top levels of these cabinets and then we're persecuting prosecuting and arr
and in effect it creates an official secrets act which we don't have in this country so even though obama was elected as the change president and on a platform of openness and transparency he actually has expanded the bush secrecy regime that had been put in place over the preceding eight years and this is a trend that will just continue to exacerbate over the next four years i do not see it getting any better i mean right now ironically brennan john brennan. who is the drone daddy and who have...
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president obama will meet with them on friday. beyoncÉ will sing the national anthem at president obama's inauguration. others include kelly clarkson, james taylor. that is your fox news minute. back to you. cheryl: thank you very much. according to new estimates, in 2,131,000,000,000 new smart phones were shipped worldwide taken a total to $2 billion. dennis: in one company looking to profit big from this. at the consumer electronics show, shibani joshi joins us now. >> every gadget and gizmo under the sunny to mention is here, but it is the engine and the brainpower of these tablets and smartphone devices that are really stealing the stage this year. qualcomm, the keynote speaker this year showing it is really the brains behind the beauty that enable everything that we know and would love to put the flash devices. i had opportunity to talk to him about what that means for consumer technology and perhaps if there is an area that he doesn't want to weigh in. >> now computing is going to be much more mobile, but we see mobile will
president obama will meet with them on friday. beyoncÉ will sing the national anthem at president obama's inauguration. others include kelly clarkson, james taylor. that is your fox news minute. back to you. cheryl: thank you very much. according to new estimates, in 2,131,000,000,000 new smart phones were shipped worldwide taken a total to $2 billion. dennis: in one company looking to profit big from this. at the consumer electronics show, shibani joshi joins us now. >> every gadget and...
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. >> that is president obama talking about his new treasury secretary. president obama introduced him nominee jack lew. he served as white house chief of staff. he has experience working on balancing budgets during the clinton an illustration. he will replace treasury secretary timothy geithner our who led the department to the economic turmoil of the first term. investigating emergency 911 calls during last june. pretty harsh words tonight. verizon and other phone carriers. the federal communication commission says large scale 911 outages occurred because the company did not follow their own safety procedures. four states lost their 911 service. they are calling for backup power plants and audits of the 911 circuits. now, a fairfax county team who is battling brain cancer received a super surprise, a trip to the super bowl. that is in new orleans. this story tonight, he was there when a young man who tends the high school found out about the surprise. >> these are the shirts folks were wearing. what they did not know is there was much more to this gathe
. >> that is president obama talking about his new treasury secretary. president obama introduced him nominee jack lew. he served as white house chief of staff. he has experience working on balancing budgets during the clinton an illustration. he will replace treasury secretary timothy geithner our who led the department to the economic turmoil of the first term. investigating emergency 911 calls during last june. pretty harsh words tonight. verizon and other phone carriers. the federal...
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president obama host president karzai at the white house today on the agenda of the war in afghanistan u.s. troops have been in the country since two thousand and one so when will we leave for good a report on that meeting just ahead. he's been trapped by president obama to be the next person to leave the treasury department sizes terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew our t. does some digging into his past we'll show you the info that we dug up. in farmers versus months on so a group of farmers are trying to reinstate a class action lawsuit against the biotech giant what they are fighting about and why the issue may affect what's on your dinner table coming up. it's friday january eleventh five eight pm in washington d.c. hi meghan lopez and you're watching our t.v. well it's the moment we've all been waiting for over a decade for earlier today president obama met with his afghan counterpart to discuss a twenty fourteen drawdown of american troops now in front of the camera both president obama and president karzai have presented a united front and say they agree on
president obama host president karzai at the white house today on the agenda of the war in afghanistan u.s. troops have been in the country since two thousand and one so when will we leave for good a report on that meeting just ahead. he's been trapped by president obama to be the next person to leave the treasury department sizes terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew our t. does some digging into his past we'll show you the info that we dug up. in farmers versus months on so...
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it is a tradition the obamas started back in 2009. also supreme court justice sonja sotomayor will become the first latina to take part in a swearing in ceremony. scheduled to administer the oath of office for vice president joe biden. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is raring to go, according to a state department spokesperson. she is scheduled to return to work next week after a slew of medical problems. she plans to testify on the deadly terrorist attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi and they are working out a date with the senate foreign relations committee. >>> a big step for the children of sappedy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. they boarded the buses early yesterday morning, and returned to class for the very first time since the mass shooting in newtown. just a couple of weeks ago. their new school building is a few miles away in nearby monroe, connecticut, also we have learned former congresswoman gaby giffords may visit newtown today. the state's lieutenant governor told cnn late last night this visit is p
it is a tradition the obamas started back in 2009. also supreme court justice sonja sotomayor will become the first latina to take part in a swearing in ceremony. scheduled to administer the oath of office for vice president joe biden. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is raring to go, according to a state department spokesperson. she is scheduled to return to work next week after a slew of medical problems. she plans to testify on the deadly terrorist attack on the u.s. mission...
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president obama wants to protect middlthe middle class from highr taxes. the ways to protect them from bigger government because the middle class has to pay for g government and we are running huge deficits the federal reserve creates all kinds of inflation to monetize those deficits and that it attacked an average americans to the price of food go up, gasoline go up, prices are rising because of big governmentnd inflation used to finance it. melissa: what about a carbon tax? th sounds like big companies and looters and people using carbon will be the ones to pay the tax that would impt all of us. what impact would it have on the average person and what about the economy? >> what peter was ying was absolutely right. you can ok at the taxes individually and you can say some of them would be a good idea. a vat or carbon tax on their own bases could be a good tax. it is a pile on top of others, there is a problem. why is a carbon tax potentially a good tax becaus of externalities. carbon imposes a lot of cost of other ople, and instead of indirect taxes, the
president obama wants to protect middlthe middle class from highr taxes. the ways to protect them from bigger government because the middle class has to pay for g government and we are running huge deficits the federal reserve creates all kinds of inflation to monetize those deficits and that it attacked an average americans to the price of food go up, gasoline go up, prices are rising because of big governmentnd inflation used to finance it. melissa: what about a carbon tax? th sounds like big...
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you have a president obama who has started new unauthorized wars. greatly expanded civilian killing drone program and provided over continuing gigantic defense budgets bigger than any in world history, and ron paul campaigns for peace and withdrawal of the u.s. military from the world. you got a bomb and wants to continue to expand every aspect of the war on drugs, including the war on marijuana, and ron paul has said government attempts to arrest people for actions that harm only themselves are imlidge. and obama administration has set records in dedeportations and ron paul is saying that border walls are unamerican. on this wide range of issues involving individual autonomy and liberty and protecting people from real oppressive concentrations of power, paul is more progressive than obama or any other national political figure. i don't want to glide over that one point that makes progressives not like ron paul. they love income redistribution and ron paul does not. in fact i think ron paul was a living sort of rebuke to them in a sense that it sort
you have a president obama who has started new unauthorized wars. greatly expanded civilian killing drone program and provided over continuing gigantic defense budgets bigger than any in world history, and ron paul campaigns for peace and withdrawal of the u.s. military from the world. you got a bomb and wants to continue to expand every aspect of the war on drugs, including the war on marijuana, and ron paul has said government attempts to arrest people for actions that harm only themselves...
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but at the time it was obama's katrina was going to define his presidency. how many minutes, charlie, were devoted to the gulf oil spill in the presidential debates? how much, and the reason of course was that ultimately the president handled it well. the leak was stopped. reparations were being made. bp has spent tens of billions of dollars that they were compelled to spend to make good what they did wrong. prosecutions are moving forward. so it was the dog that didn't bark ultimately. but at the moment, it was, washington was in a frenzy this was going define the entire four years. and so what you have to learn in the white house is to keep your wits about you and understand that there are very, that you have to deal with all of it. but that very little of it is the defining issue. >> and in fact what are you doing in one day is going from one issue to another issue to another issue. >> yeah, i mean i remember the day we-- the day we dealt with the auto bailout, early in the administration. the president had a meeting on some national security 3450e9ing on
but at the time it was obama's katrina was going to define his presidency. how many minutes, charlie, were devoted to the gulf oil spill in the presidential debates? how much, and the reason of course was that ultimately the president handled it well. the leak was stopped. reparations were being made. bp has spent tens of billions of dollars that they were compelled to spend to make good what they did wrong. prosecutions are moving forward. so it was the dog that didn't bark ultimately. but at...
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president barack obama has put forward his current counter terrorism adviser john brennan as the new head of the cia he's also announced maverick conservative chuck hagel as his choice for defense secretary will talk more on the president's choices i'm joined now live by u.s. army colonel macgregor well as a retired u.s. army colonel are you happy the country's security will be in safe hands if he gets his way oh absolutely no question about it particularly regarding senator hagel why. well there are a number of things first of all hago has been a very effective and strong critic of the interventions over the last several years and the mismanagement of our policies and the squandering of blood and treasure on missions that make no sense strategically for the united states asked for years that's what subset large numbers of people who have supported bad decisions the decision to intervene and then occupy iraq and then to transform the initial operation in afghanistan into a nation building mission being right those were disasters and i think that's one of the reasons that people on th
president barack obama has put forward his current counter terrorism adviser john brennan as the new head of the cia he's also announced maverick conservative chuck hagel as his choice for defense secretary will talk more on the president's choices i'm joined now live by u.s. army colonel macgregor well as a retired u.s. army colonel are you happy the country's security will be in safe hands if he gets his way oh absolutely no question about it particularly regarding senator hagel why. well...
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america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks a so-called assassination saw the john brennan and surprise maverick the pacifist chuck hagel a top security jobs. adama in downing street britain's coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success on its future plans leave the public unimpressed. north korea lives that's why wolf will a visit of a hit although it's a giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economists to help it open up foreign investment. and if it's not of writing in belfast flags up of the social and political divide the mildren island has police use non-lethal force on loyalists angered by restrictions on displaying the union flag. it's five pm in moscow and you're watching r t with me to bomb would say all top story this hour now a pacifist are accused of being anti israeli in charge of the military and an apparent supporter of. those in charge of intelligence that president obama's recommendations to run the pentagon and the cia and she can pull the nominees. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president o
america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks a so-called assassination saw the john brennan and surprise maverick the pacifist chuck hagel a top security jobs. adama in downing street britain's coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success on its future plans leave the public unimpressed. north korea lives that's why wolf will a visit of a hit although it's a giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economists to help it open up foreign...
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as president obama said on election night, we have to fix that. after finding a babysitter, she returned in the afternoon, at which point the line had grown to 5.5 hours. to be away from her infant son that long, she left without voting. as president obama said on election night, we have to fix that. as we take our presence in this congress that we turned on election day, now is the time to fix it. this motion to commit would assure that no broker has to wait longer than one hour to cast their ballot. we have a long history of struggle over the right to vote in this country. yet time and again we have reaffirmed the principle that if an american has an equal right to cast a ballot without discrimination -- a 3 hour line is discrimination against those who have to work, those who have to take care of their kids, and those whose health prevents them from waiting in line for such a long time. long lines of the 21st century version of poll taxes and literacy tests, disenfranchising the leased and managed -- least advantaged and most honorable citizens
as president obama said on election night, we have to fix that. after finding a babysitter, she returned in the afternoon, at which point the line had grown to 5.5 hours. to be away from her infant son that long, she left without voting. as president obama said on election night, we have to fix that. as we take our presence in this congress that we turned on election day, now is the time to fix it. this motion to commit would assure that no broker has to wait longer than one hour to cast their...
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i can't help but think how bizarre it is that we're seeing all of this happen now i mean under the obama administration as you said he's prosecuted more whistleblowers than every other presidency combined dredging up this archaic piece of legislation to really do this why and now why is this happening right now albeit under the most transparent administration you know self-proclaimed of course yeah i ask myself that a lot as someone who had supported obama i think initially it was to curry favor with the national security and intelligence establishment which has seen him as weak coming into office i think as these cases have evolved and accumulated it's been more about creating bad precedent for actually going after analysts who are in every single indictment and i think overall it creates and in effect it creates an official secrets act which we don't have in this country so even though obama was elected as the change president and on a platform of openness and transparency he actually has expanded the bush secrecy regime that had been put in place over the preceding eight years and thi
i can't help but think how bizarre it is that we're seeing all of this happen now i mean under the obama administration as you said he's prosecuted more whistleblowers than every other presidency combined dredging up this archaic piece of legislation to really do this why and now why is this happening right now albeit under the most transparent administration you know self-proclaimed of course yeah i ask myself that a lot as someone who had supported obama i think initially it was to curry...
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you know the obama administration has been using a very narrow definition that they've been talking about freedom of worship they've been arguing in court the justice department has been arguing in court in these what because the supreme court this is this is from the you know the u.s. versus lee when followers of a particular sect enter into commercial activity as a matter of choice the limits they accept on their own conduct as a matter of conscience and faith are not to be superimposed on the statutory schemes which are by others no matter if i guess what i would cite is the first amendment which says that we have the free exercise of our religion that means all week long even to me if my own agrees or everyone is it means if you want to earn a living and abide by the tenets of your faith you ought to be able to do so if you want to run a charity and not just in your the avatar you lobby should not refuse to. take birth control pills or or even pay for their own birth control pills but if their employees want to have comprehensive health care you know what the employees of hobby lobby
you know the obama administration has been using a very narrow definition that they've been talking about freedom of worship they've been arguing in court the justice department has been arguing in court in these what because the supreme court this is this is from the you know the u.s. versus lee when followers of a particular sect enter into commercial activity as a matter of choice the limits they accept on their own conduct as a matter of conscience and faith are not to be superimposed on...
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america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama big cell phone called assassination of dr john brennan and suppose the maverick has a visit chuck hagel for top security jobs. i don't know in downing street bridges coalition government tries to trumpet it midterm success well its future plans leave the public on impression. that north korea lives so why a wall for the visit of the head of the internet giant google i mean before the secretive state is inviting the german economy as to how to open up for foreign investment. and if they're not i don't writing in belfast of flags of the social and political divide in the world when i lose as police use non-lethal force loyalists angered by restrictions in this play the union flag. this is archie. a pacifist i q's job being anti israeli in charge of the military and an apparent supporter of the harsh interrogation methods in charge of intelligence president obama's recommendations to run the pentagon and the cia i wasn't in correspondent guy and she began profiles of the nominees. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary presid
america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama big cell phone called assassination of dr john brennan and suppose the maverick has a visit chuck hagel for top security jobs. i don't know in downing street bridges coalition government tries to trumpet it midterm success well its future plans leave the public on impression. that north korea lives so why a wall for the visit of the head of the internet giant google i mean before the secretive state is inviting the german economy as to...
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are trying to push president obama into closing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants they claim are on trial we'll take you to the demonstration and he's been tapped by president obama to be the next person to lead the treasury department besides this terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew does some digging into his past will share what info we found coming up. it's friday january eleventh five pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and you're watching r.t. all right well at the moment we've all been waiting for for over a decade just hours ago president obama met with his afghan counterpart to discuss a twenty fourteen drawdown of american troops now in front of the camera both president obama and president karzai have presented a united front and say that they agree on the future goals for the country here's one of the more surprising moments that came out of today's speech starting this. troops will have different. training advise and assist afghan forces. it will be a stork moment and another step toward full afghan sovereig
are trying to push president obama into closing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants they claim are on trial we'll take you to the demonstration and he's been tapped by president obama to be the next person to lead the treasury department besides this terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew does some digging into his past will share what info we found coming up. it's friday january eleventh five pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and...
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obama care may not be such a saving grace for young people. here to explain is fox business network diane mass is heed dau. >> an affordable care act division linking prices for older and younger patients could mean a 40 percent premium hike. they will only charge older people a maximum of three times what they charge younger people. as a result the report forecasts policyholders age 21 to 29 are looking at a 42 percent hike in premium costs. while those in their 30s can expect to pay 31 percent more. add it up and the authors say almost 4 million people pay more out of pocket insurance even if you account for preem why yous assistance. they pay comparable small penalty for not having it instead. the higher cost for younger policyholders balances the lower cost for the older ones. young policyholders start dropping out prices go up for everyone. the report adds that eliminating health status as a reigning factor may also increase premiums by 20 percent for those with lower than aying health risks which would effect younger policy hoerlds. whil
obama care may not be such a saving grace for young people. here to explain is fox business network diane mass is heed dau. >> an affordable care act division linking prices for older and younger patients could mean a 40 percent premium hike. they will only charge older people a maximum of three times what they charge younger people. as a result the report forecasts policyholders age 21 to 29 are looking at a 42 percent hike in premium costs. while those in their 30s can expect to pay 31...
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the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes it did. it played a role it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive interrogations. at the time the interrogators and the c.i.a. didn't know who that was in particular so i would have to say the most important piece of information and i don't know how we obtained it exactly was connecting that from kuwait to a real person ahmed. that was really the key. so i think those who argue that the hunt for bin laden really gained traction when we attach that name to a person can argue i think fairly that from that point and including that point there was no torture involved. but the fact that we were interested in this ahmed came from a number of interviews th
the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes it did. it played a role it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive...
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troops according to president barack obama are expected to fully withdraw by the end of twenty fourteen is that a sign of victory or defeat in the so-called war on terror i don't think it's a sign of neither one i think it's a sign that the u.s. public is tired of this we initially went in for one specific reason and that was to dismantle the government of the taliban and to destroy al qaida now people ask why are we still there how many al qaeda are there under president bush in the early part of the obama administration we heard the numbers fifty there may be fifty al qaeda left in afghanistan are we there because a fifty fifty al qaeda members know it is morphed into something far larger than that is it because. the former soviet union the former what we'll call the stands it was because ten tajikistan because it could stand you could stand to have the largest untapped oil and natural gas reserves in the world if you talk to the afghans you talk to the taliban you'll say oh that's why the united states wants to stay here people say it's because we want to surround iran bases in the g
troops according to president barack obama are expected to fully withdraw by the end of twenty fourteen is that a sign of victory or defeat in the so-called war on terror i don't think it's a sign of neither one i think it's a sign that the u.s. public is tired of this we initially went in for one specific reason and that was to dismantle the government of the taliban and to destroy al qaida now people ask why are we still there how many al qaeda are there under president bush in the early part...
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president obama taps a new warrior for the debt ceiling fight. he chooses jacob lew to be the 76th u.s. secretary of the treasury. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. uncle sam wants to make sure you can afford that home loan before you buy. new rules to protect consumers from bad mortgage lenders are on their way. >> susie: and, we look at whether new year's resolutions, to lose weight, can pump up your portfolio. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: president obama named today a "low key" washington hand as his new secretary of the treasury. jacob lew is being called a man who combines tough bargaining with deep economic understanding and a commitment to protecting the safety net for the poor and the elderly. some republicans have promised to oppose lew's nomination, but most say they are reserving
president obama taps a new warrior for the debt ceiling fight. he chooses jacob lew to be the 76th u.s. secretary of the treasury. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. uncle sam wants to make sure you can afford that home loan before you buy. new rules to protect consumers from bad mortgage lenders are on their way. >> susie: and, we look at whether new year's resolutions, to lose weight, can pump up your portfolio. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie:...
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. >> obama qualified it. obama said i believe in american exceptionalism just like the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. >> eliot: i thought it was fascinating and correct. do you disagree with his sense of what exceptionalism is and what his understanding of it. >> he has retreated from that, that's the problem. >> eliot: but as he stated it. >> his rhetoric had more and more american exceptionalism. he bought into it. once you criticize it, you're attack. mike huckabee said if you don't believe in american exceptionalism-- >> eliot: mike huck abee aside of course we believe in it. >> but exceptionalism doesn't mean that we're different, we are better. different is good. we celebrate difference. >> eliot: coming back to foreign policy, do you see it as far as back as the spanish american war, the colonial empire and philippines, etc. >> the little brown brother describe the filipino rebels and there was torturing going on back then, waterboarding racism b
. >> obama qualified it. obama said i believe in american exceptionalism just like the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. >> eliot: i thought it was fascinating and correct. do you disagree with his sense of what exceptionalism is and what his understanding of it. >> he has retreated from that, that's the problem. >> eliot: but as he stated it. >> his rhetoric had more and more american exceptionalism. he bought...
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has such a strong relationship with israel a relationship that president obama and self has referred to as quote an unbreakable bond one of the reasons the connection between these two countries is so close because of a powerful lobbying effort apac the american israel public affairs committee itself described as the most important organization affecting the u.s. relationship with israel the lobby has tens of thousands of members and its annual annual policy conference is one of washington's largest gathering of lawmakers exceeded only by the state of the union address which is why republican senator chuck hagel two thousand and six jurors such heavy criticism over his views on the lobbies influence he said quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean united states senator i'm not an israeli senator now that hagel has been tapped for a spot as defense secretary the mainstream media has been very quick to pick up on those past criticisms but why has the questioning of this lobby become so taboo to talk about this unbreakable bond and
has such a strong relationship with israel a relationship that president obama and self has referred to as quote an unbreakable bond one of the reasons the connection between these two countries is so close because of a powerful lobbying effort apac the american israel public affairs committee itself described as the most important organization affecting the u.s. relationship with israel the lobby has tens of thousands of members and its annual annual policy conference is one of washington's...
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president obama unveils his candidates for america's top security jobs creating uproar over a possible shift in telecom policy and fears of a bush era revival at the cia. halfway through the u.k.'s coalition government marks midterm with an enormous to do list leaving mattie in the stare he had britain deeply unimpressed. was has the hand of google visits north korea the spine of washington's criticism we look out whether the internet giant has any chance to gauge with a reclusive nation that remains under u.s. sanctions. it is now i am in the russian capital watching r t was me marina joshie now president obama has routed out his national security team for approval by the senate he's nominated former senator chuck hagel as a pentagon head and counterterrorism adviser john brennan to leave the cia the pegs have sparked speculation that obama is actually trying to kill two birds with one stone as he's going to explains. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security pol
president obama unveils his candidates for america's top security jobs creating uproar over a possible shift in telecom policy and fears of a bush era revival at the cia. halfway through the u.k.'s coalition government marks midterm with an enormous to do list leaving mattie in the stare he had britain deeply unimpressed. was has the hand of google visits north korea the spine of washington's criticism we look out whether the internet giant has any chance to gauge with a reclusive nation that...
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. >> president obama's hawaii vacation is about over. this time tomorrow he will be back in washington and facing a budget showdown with the republicans. this time over the nation's rising debt sealing. senior white house foreign affairs correspondant joins us live from honolulu. >> even though the president warned against it republicans are posed to use the coming debate . supports the spending cuts they didn't get in the fiscal cliff hike. moodies lowered our credit rating and president said that congress is holding back our own economy. it can't afford more protractive showdowns and crisis on the way. ine as our business created two million new jobs and 168 thousand last month. the messy brink manship made it more conseshative and consumers less confident. >> congressional budget office said the fiscal cliff deal leaves a 900 billion a year budget deficit and republicans say there is no confidence that the country will get its debt problem under control. the tax hike that congress approved and ended the revenue part of the question. s
. >> president obama's hawaii vacation is about over. this time tomorrow he will be back in washington and facing a budget showdown with the republicans. this time over the nation's rising debt sealing. senior white house foreign affairs correspondant joins us live from honolulu. >> even though the president warned against it republicans are posed to use the coming debate . supports the spending cuts they didn't get in the fiscal cliff hike. moodies lowered our credit rating and...
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well sam americans are to foot the bill president obama signs a stop gun law or to raise their taxes as part of the deal to avoid plundering off the fiscal cliff. they have be eyes accused of failing to want american occupy activists that there was a plot against them. plus an icon of french cinema arrives in russia where he's expected to receive a passport after quitting his upon country of attacks. latest news on the week's top stories this is the wiki on our she with me thanks for joining us now is this syrian conflict so renewed violence in the first week of the new year it also led to more counties among journalists covering the crisis as one correspondent for pro-government media was said to have died a woman sustained in a gun at times by rebels as he was returning home from work and i'll see arabic news crew and several international reporters have come under rebel sniper fire outside of the capital and one of our colleagues come out sacco was injured while trying to escape the gunfire and this is his account of what happened. we arrived at the damascus suburb early in the mo
well sam americans are to foot the bill president obama signs a stop gun law or to raise their taxes as part of the deal to avoid plundering off the fiscal cliff. they have be eyes accused of failing to want american occupy activists that there was a plot against them. plus an icon of french cinema arrives in russia where he's expected to receive a passport after quitting his upon country of attacks. latest news on the week's top stories this is the wiki on our she with me thanks for joining us...
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by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's most people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran as being one of the very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dares to question and dissent from washington orthodoxy is on foreign policy one of them tested with israel he's there to publicly point out that the u.s. and israel are separate countries and american interests should trump israeli interests when they conflict and that's a subversive thing to say here in washington could be a career killer yet a catered for direct negotiations with hamas he condemned the power of the pro israel lobby in washington here's one of his statements to that effect the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i have always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel
by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's most people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran as being one of the very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dares to question and dissent from washington orthodoxy is on foreign policy one of...
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america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks so called us estimations are john brennan and supposed maverick of has of this chuck hagel for top security jobs. down and downing streets of bridges coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success while his future plans leave the public unimpressed. class north korea lives its why a war for the visit of the head of internet giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economy is to help it open up for foreign investment. and a night of rioting in belfast of legs of the social and political divide in northern ireland as police use non-lethal force on loyalists angered by restrictions in displaying the union flag. at six pm here in moscow and you're watching r t with me to bomb would say our top story this hour now about sophistic use of being anti israeli in charge of the military and an apparent supporter of harsh interrogation methods in charge of intelligence that president obama's recommendations to run the pentagon and the cia a washington correspondent guy image again profiles the nominees.
america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks so called us estimations are john brennan and supposed maverick of has of this chuck hagel for top security jobs. down and downing streets of bridges coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success while his future plans leave the public unimpressed. class north korea lives its why a war for the visit of the head of internet giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economy is to help it open up for...